Gate-hinge.



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` GATE HINGE.

AIHATION FILED OCT. 20 |915.

Patented Junev 20, 1916.

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THB coLUMnlA PLANoflmwn 0 WASHINLITON. D. C.

CHARLES W. COX, 0F WINCHESTER, INDIANA.

Garn-Hines.

Original application filed December 15, 1914, Serial No. 877,362.

Serial No. 56,977.

T0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES XV. COX, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vinchester, in the county of Randolph and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Gate-Hinge, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to gates, and more especially to gate hinges, this application being a divisional one of the application for patent on a gate iiled December 15, 1914, Serial No. 877,362. f

The object of the invention is the provision of a unique mounting or means for hanging the gate, whereby the gate may be adjusted vertically as a whole or bodily, and supported at various vertical positions in a substantial and efficient manner.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of yconstruction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the iniproved gate. Fig. 2 is aisectional View of the gate, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a fragmental view of the gate in raised position, parts being shown in section. Fig. 4C is a cross section of the gate, taken on the line 1-4f of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross sectional detail taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. l.

The gate proper comprises a vertical series of suitably spaced or arranged horizontal rails or bars 1, and a longitudinal series of suitably spaced or arranged ver tical parallel stiles 2, pivoted to the rails 1, by means-of rivets or other pivot elements 3.

The device for hanging or mounting the gate in order to hinge the same to the gate post P, and in order to enable the gateto be adjusted vertically, embodies upper and lower hangers or bearings 4 and 5 1n the form of eye bolts having their shanks engaged into or through the post P and hav- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 20, 1916.

Divided and this application filed Gctober ing their eyes or bearing portions coaxial or in alinement. Telescoping tubes 6 and 7 are journaled through the bearings or hangers l and 5, the upper and outer' tube 6 being journaled through the bearing i, and the inner and lower tube 7 being engaged through the bearing 5. The lower .tube 7 is held against vertical movement by means of a suitable pin or retaining element 8 engaged through the tube 7 and engaging over and under the bearing 5. The lower end of the upper tube 6 terminates short of the lower bearing 5, while the upper end of the lower tube 7 terminates within the tube6 in the vicinity of the upper bearing 4i, so that the upper' tube 6 in sliding through the bearing 4 and upon the lower f tube 7, will besupported in a substantial and vertically adjustable manner, as well as being permitted to rotate.

The lower portion of the gate is provided with means embracing the tube 7 immediately below the tube 6, and to this end an eye -bolt 9 has its eye 10 embracing the tube 7 at al point slightly below the lower end of the tube 6, and has its shank 11 projecting between the sections or portions of the stile 2 at that end of the gate adjacent the tubes 6 and 7. Clamping plates 12 are slidably mounted upon the shank 11 of the eye bolt 9 and bear against theedges of the said stile 2, and have angular ends or iianges 13 overhanging thesides of the said stile, and clamping nuts lll are threaded upon the shank 11 and seat against the plates- 12 for clamping the parts together and holding the eye bolt 9 rigidly. in place, sok that the said eye bolt in being slidably and rotatably engaged to the tube 7, will'assist in supporting and bracing the gate.

The upper portion of the gate is provided with means coperating with the tubes 6 and V7 for supporting the gate and to this end a doubled hanger bar 15 has its bend or loop extending around the tube 6 above the bearing t, and pivoted to the said tube, by means of a rivet orv pivotpin 16 engaged through` the sections or side portions ci the bar 15 and the tube 6. The sections or side portions ot the .bar 15 are pivoted to the rivet or pivot member 3 at the adjacent upper corner of the gate, and are also secured together below the upper or adjacent rail l, as at 17. One of the sections or side portions of the bar is extended obliquely lor,

diagonally downward toward the freel end of the gate to the neXt lower rail 1, as at 18,

' and has'its free end engaging and bearing slidably upon the respective rail 1, as clearly apparent by reference to F ig. 1. The upper edge ofthe extensionrlis provided with notches 19, whereby the portion 18 forms an inclined rack, the free end 0f the extension .or rackV l8having a depending fork 20 l straddling the respective .rail A1 and guiding the extension or rack 18 for sliding movement upon the rail.

j the gate `either horizontal or inclined, they Vdoubled rod 21 has terminaled eyes 22 Ypiv-V AAs; a means for supporting the free end of the gate at various vertical positions with oted to one of the lower rivets' or pivot ele. ments 3, of the gate remote from the hinged end thereof, and having its sections or side portions disposed at the opposite sides of the gate, with the bend of the rod 21 arrangedadjacent the notches or teeth 19 of the rack 18 to engage the same. Theraclr 18 and rod 21 are in alinement, they being disposed obliquely or diagonally, so as to support the free end of the gate in an effective manner. The free endof thegate may be provided with any suitable latch 23 which is engageable with a keeper 24 carried by the postrS. f l

rlhe hanger bar 15 and eye bolt or hanger element 9 which .are engaged to the respective. end of the gate, and which areengaged to the telescoping tubes 6 and 7 vwill support the gate in a substantial'manner, and

allow the same to swing toward one side e or the other. It is to benoted that the eye bolt 9 being journaled upon and embracing the tube 7 may swing readily below the said tube when the gate is swung, and the hanger bar 15 being pivoted 0r secured to the tube 6 by therivet or pivot element 16, will cause the tube 6 to be swung Vwith the gate within lthe bearing 3 and upon the-lower tube 7.

' rPhe doubled supporting rod 21 having its bend Lor bight engaged to the rack 18 of the hanger bar 15,'will supportthe gate at theY horizontal or inclined position to which it Vhas been adjusted, and by disengaging the bend of the rod. 21y from the rack 18, the free end of the gate may be either raised or lowered to adjust the vposition of the'gate as 'desired, vand when the rod v21 is again engaged to the racl; 18, the gate will be held atk ythe newly adjusted position. It is thus possible to hold the gate either horizontal, or

at an angle of inclination to suit hillyy or unlevel ground, or accommodate an inclined gate post.- In this connection, it is to be observed, that when the free end ofthe gate lis swung upwardly and downwardly, the hanger bar 15 being pivoted to the gate and hinge tube 6, will cause the rack y,to swing and slide upon the respective rail 1 of the gate, during theV vertical swinging move-y ment of the gate, the i'aclr beingguided upon the respective rail by means of the fork 20.

To lift or elevate the gate bodily, the same is raised inV any suitable manner so that the tube 6 and eye bolt 9 carried by the gate will slide upwardly uponv the tube 7, the tube 6 sliding within the upper bearing 4.'

The gate may then be held at the elevatedposition, by means of a pin 25 engaged through one'of the series of apertures 26 provided inthe tube 7, so that the pin25 will be disposed between the lower end of the tube 6 and the eye bolt 9, forV prevent,- ing the upward vasV wellf as the downward movement of the gate, but to enable theV gate V,to swingback and forth. Thus, when the gate is elevated, it will allow small animals' or farm stock to pass thereunder, whereas the larger animals will `be excluded from passage through the gate way, .and the gate cannot be forcibly raisedv by the animals getting under and forcing it upward, since the pin or holding element 2 5 will prevent this action. The pin 25 is also preferably engaged through the respective aperture 26 when the gate is in its lowermost or normal position, as seen in Fig. 1. The gate may also be swung toward yeither side, and to this end, the free end of the gate may be moved past the striking post S, by swinging the gate vertically so that the free ends Y of the rails 1 are retracted sufficiently to swing pastthe post S, and in this event, the gate may berreturned to normal position.-

The .construction of the gate and its mounting is such thatthe strains are taken up in a most desirable manner, to relieve the gate proper of injurious strains, and the construction and assemblage ofthe component parts of the device are such, as to prevent the same from being readily injured. The parts of the mounting are also protectved from being clogged or otherwise impaired, and the` gate will be serviceable during the winter season, as well as at other secured to and` carried by the outer telescopic member, and means engageable to the inner telescopic member'at various positions thereof to support the outer telescopic member. v

2. Agate structure comprising upper and lower bearings, telescopic members having l0 telescopic element between the outer telescopio element and seid hanger element at various positions of the respective parte.

In testimony that I ela-iin the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES w. ooX.

Witnesses LOGAN HINSHAW, THOMAS PAYNE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C." 

